Canister



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Canister.

Patented April 27, 1880.

" Mme/v r0)? UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN NORTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CANISTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 227,046, dated April 27, 1880.

Application filed March 25, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN NORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Canisters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation, showing an end view of the canister. Fig. 2 is a top view of the cover with a section broken away, and Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the label-case.

In those canisters which have heretofore been made with my patent self-labeling rollers the revolving label has been secured within a cylindrical case consisting of an outside shell and two circular disks soldered into the ends of the outer shell, these end disks being centrally perforated, the holes forming bearings for the journal on which the label revolves. This case has then been secured within the body of the canister, the marks or brands showing through an opening cut in the front. This method of making the label-cases andattaching them to the canisters has proved objectionable from thefact that, owing to the number of parts composing the cases, they are quite expensive to manufacture, and when the label-case is secured within the body of the canister it is always in the way when dealing out, and, as heretofore constructed, the label has been inconvenient to get at to change the marks when required.

The object of my present invention is to obviate these difliculties, which I accomplish by a cheaper and more simple form of construction of the label-case and by a novel form of cover or lid of the canister, providing a recess in its front to contain the label-case, thus removing it from the body of the canister, so that when the canister is opened for filling or emptying itis entirely out of the way, and when the canister is closed it presents the same appearance as when in the body of the canister, as will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

(No model.)

In the drawings, A represents the body of the canister, having its front and sides cut away. B is the cover, made with side panels, a a, soldered to the top of the cover and ex tending back to the point where the cover is hinged to the top of the body of the canister. These side panels, a to, extend downward and close over the sides of the canister, as shown by the dotted lines.

The object of these side panels is to raise the top of the cover up off from the body of the canister, and the front of the cover is formed into a projection in connection with the side panels, forming, on the inside of the cover, a recess adapted to receive the labelcase F, and it has an opening in its front to show the brands marked upon the roller 0.

In making the improved label-case F the blank E is first cut from a single piece of sheet metal in the form shown. The holes shown at c c are next perforated, and the blank is then struck up into the form shown at D, 3. The roller O is then put in, and the case is ready to be fitted into the cover B.

The saving over the old method is very great, as the case is made in a single piece and struck up in dies, doing away with a number of operations and saving material and solder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The shell or case D, formed up from the blank E, in combination with the roller O, substantially as shown and described.

2. The shell or case D, formed up from the blank E, in combination with the roller G and canister-cover B, substantially as shown and described.

3. A canister, A, having its front and sides cut away and its cover B. constructed with side panels, a a, in combination with a labelcase, F, as and for the purposes set forth.

EDWIN NORTON.

WVitnesses O. W. NORTON, L. M. NORTON. 

